Light Years

US Random House (New York) 1975 is the true first, and the census claim is confirmed. The first UK edition is The Bodley Head, London, 1976 (ISBN 0370106067), in blue cloth with gilt and a jacket designed by John Walsh; UK sales were slow and the edition is uncommon, but it is a year later and second in precedence. Both editions are collected — cite them as "first US" (Random House 1975) and "first UK" (Bodley Head 1976).